Caring for your baby and young child : birth to age 5 /

Caring for your baby and young child : birth to age 5 / Steven P. Shelov ... [et al.]. - Revised edition - New York : Bantam Books, c1998. - xxxi, 701 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Index : p. 683-701.

Contents;

Introduction: The gifts of parenthood

Part I
1. Preparing for a new baby
2. Birth and the first moments after
3. Basic infant care
4. Feeding your baby: Breast and bottle
5. Your baby's first days
6. The first month
7. Age one month through three months
8. Age four months through seven months
9. Age eight months through twelve months
10. The second year
11. Age two to three years
12. Age three to five years
13. Keeping your child safe
14. Part-time care for your child

Part II
15. Emergencies
16. Abdominal/gastrointestinal tract
17. Behavior
18. Chest and lungs
19. Developmental disabilities
20. Ears, nose, and throat
21. Eyes
22. Family issues
23. Fever
24. Genitourinarinary tract
25. head, neck, and nervous system
26. Heart
27. Immunizations
28. Musculoskeletal problems
29. Skin
30. Chronic conditions and diseases



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Infants--Care.
Child care.
Child development.

WS 113 C277 1998